Golf club with a head balance plane having multiple sweet spots and face and top markings and methods and tools for locating same

ABSTRACT

An improved golf club head consisting of a balance plane that derives markings visible on the club head face indicating the ideal points of contact with a golf ball regardless of whether the golf ball is lying on the ground, on a golf tee or otherwise, together with markings visible on club head top indicating basic alignment of club head and golf ball to the target, with methods and tools for determining same. The markings are determined by intersecting lines, planes and axes. The markings may be determined for an existing golf club or for a custom fitted golf club regardless of whether the golf club has a flat or curved base. The location of the markings may vary from golfer to golfer and from club to club depending upon parameters.

This Application is a Continuation in part of application Ser. No.09/225,101 filed on Jan. 4, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,494.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Since the beginning of golf in the 1400's, Golf club manufacturers saythere is a Sweet Spot and Center Of Gravity on clubheads that has beenunderstood, assumed and accepted by all golfers, but why haven't theytold us golfers where that Sweet Spot is designed for, to hit a ball offthe Ground or perched on a Tee? Wherein this disclosure unveils andtells golfers how this is to be accomplished.

Golf club manufacturers and golfers have been trying, but unable tosolve golfs 600 year old riddle of hook and slice, wherein they layawake at night trying to figure out how to hit a golf ball straight . .. until now.

A Golf Club, Golfclub, Club, or Clubhead, is considered complete withall of its components, Grip, Shaft and Head. A Club head is a componentpart of a Golfclub.

The past recorded knowledge and recognition of a clubhead having acenter of percussion, otherwise known as a Sweet Spot, and a Center OfGravity will be proven to be not applicable because it does not takeinto consideration the shaft and the grip, which is antiquated, andcircumvented by this patent, which divulges the existence of a Golfclubhead Sweet Line containing two main points at which to strike aball, or Two Sweet Spots, and its associated derivatives, found by theuse of a balance plane.

There are four basic categories to improve playing golf, the golfer,their equipment, technique and prayer. Their search for the correctequipment, or the ultimate golf club, is like looking for the needle inthe haystack, or that one Sweet Spot on a clubhead with which to hit theball. In the past, there has been no correct method of finding,understanding or knowing how to use this Sweet Spot on a golf club,until now.

The Golf club strikes a ball at a master reference point called the BallImpact Point, which can be a variable dependant upon the club design oruse, and in regards to basically two ball height positions, being a ballon the ground and/or a ball on a tee.

A golf clubhead is like a wrecking ball which has a cable or chain thatcontrols three basic parameters, speed, power and direction, with thewrecking ball doing all of the work. A clubhead does more, it controlsloft, tilt, ball spin, direction, control, etc. The clubhead works inconjunction with the shaft whereas the wrecking ball is independent ofthe cable or chain. A golf clubhead is similar to an airplane. Duringlanding the airplane wings must always be parallel to the ground.Likewise a golf clubhead must be in the specific design position.

A golf club is similar to a humans leg, the Grip vs. Thigh, Shaft vs.Calf, and the Clubhead vs. Foot, whose clubhead comparison consists of aToe, Heel and Sole. If a foot is not soled properly it will affect onesability to walk, likewise if the clubhead is not soled properly, achange will occur altering the characteristics of the clubhead, as thisdisclosure will explain. Likewise, a clubhead is also comparable to abarbell that has a Sweet Spot and a Center Of Gravity, wherein if oneend of the barbell is lifted higher than the other end, the sweet spotand center of gravity changes. Therefore, if the clubhead Toe or Heelgoes up, it alters the soling and moves that now questionable sweet spotone way or the other, causing miss hits.

All golf clubs to date have round bases to accommodate the majority ofgolfers lie angles.

Forward Press, or Positive Press, is the tilt of the shaft positioningleaning towards the target or hole, normally from center body, allowingthe shaft to be more in line with the golfers forward arm. Forward Presskeeps the forward wrist straight which can be adapted to specific golfclubs to create a Press Rhythm resulting in similar setup and use thatprovides optimum power, control and direction between all clubs. ReversePress or Negative Press is the movement or the tilt of the shaft awayfrom the target. Press Deviation is more detrimental to the golfer thanLie Angle Deviation. Press is measured in inches, mm or degrees.

Hooding is the instability of the clubhead causing it to wobble,flounder or flop over, resulting in the opening or closing of theclubhead face, when it is not in its designated position or limits thatare designed basically for lie or press angles. Hooding affects arerelated to the soling of that clubhead, which is more prolifically feltwhen soled on a smooth flat surface, compared to being on a rug orgrass. All clubheads produced have curved or arced bases with a soledradius, like a seesaw or rocking chair, to generically fit every golfer,that gives the illusion of identical soling, whereby changing the sweetspot location, without necessarily Hooding. Hood design in clubheadswill alert the golfer that a parameter change exists, that will alterthe ball striking characteristics of the clubhead, so that he may makenecessary adjustments. This patent is also applicable to all clubheadbases that are of such a curved nature or otherwise, that canincorporate an Automatic Hood feature.

This inventor has established Three Triangles in golf, the StanceTriangle, the Alignment Triangle, and the Club Triangle, that can affectthe Sweet Line and dependency upon the Ball Impact Point.

These triangles are generally applicable in life and sports, such asbaseball, golf, bowling i.e.

The Stance Triangle requires the ball, golf club and player be in areferenced and repeatable position. This triangle is derived from threepoints, the Ball Impact Point, the positioning of the grip top with theplayers hand or Press, and the distance from the players forward foottip to the imaginary ball traveling line called the Foot distance. Theperpendicular distance from the tip of the forward foot to a projectedclubhead face line is called the Ball distance. Each individual club hasits own characteristics that the golfer must adapt in his StanceTriangle for that club, requiring reproducibility each time that club isused, otherwise the Sweet Line changes. This triangle will always remainthe same when the ball, and the golfers feet are on the same plane, but,If they are on different planes, then the Stance Triangle must change.

The Alignment Triangle requires the ball, golf club and player inposition. This triangle is derived from three points, the Ball ImpactPoint, the Foot distance and the positioning of the bridge of thegolfers nose. This triangle is used to align the clubhead and BallImpact Point in relationship to the target.

The Club Triangle is derived by three dimensions, length and two plumbbob measurements, when the clubhead is in its intended position. Thelength of the club is normally measured along the shaft centerline fromthe grip top to a point on the ground with the golfclub in its' intenteduse position. The length of the club should be measured from the top ofthe grip to the clubhead base, vertically below the intended clubheadimpact point, in consideration to the correct golf club intended use. Aplumb bob hanging from grip, creates two distances, one from theimaginary ball line, and the other from the club head face line. Thesetriangular methods are used in conjunction with the golfers StanceTriangle, and applicable to the manufacture of custom clubs, clubduplication, and to verify club parameters if it is suspected of beingdamaged, or otherwise. The clubhead soling is extremely important andwill be analyzed and discussed later.

Iron Head face heights vary, by peaking adjacent to the toe, beingangularly and diminishing in height, being flat or somewhat curved, andterminating at the heel or shaft. Whereas Wood Head tops are curvedhorizontally and peak near the toe or at the center above the head SweetSpot. Both will be shown to be substantially improved.

Impact areas on Iron Head faces are flat, whereas Wood faces incorporatea curved horizontal face bulge and vertical face roll, having bothidentified with Sweet Spot markings. External to the impact areas, Woodsand Iron Heads sometimes have alignment markings, referenced to the HeadCenter Of Percussion Sweet Spot or Center Of Gravity, which have beendesigned without taking into consideration the Grip and Shaftcomponents, wherein, this patent does take into consideration thesecomponents.

Golf club shaft mounting into the head heel has moved from basically inline with the face, to ahead of the face towards the hole called Offset,wherein presented is the movement back, called Centerset, or having theshaft centerline referenced to the Two Sweet Spots, or opposite the headcenter.

Presented are the four states that an object resides in, Static State,Dynamic State, Dynamic Impact State and Dynamic Impact Aftermath State.

In a Static State, any instrument, including a baseball bat, golf clubor Head component, having no motion, and not subjected to externalforces, are only affected by gravity. In this state, all objects,Symmetrical and Nonsymmetrical have a Center of Gravity. This patent isin agreement, that on all Heads, without their shaft and components, andin their Static State, have a Center of Gravity from where a Sweet Spotcan be deduced and identified. That a Head, Center Of Gravity and SweetSpot is one thing, but components must be added to the Head to make agolf club, resulting in the golf clubs own Center of Gravity that is nowin free space, caused by related club planes, axes and weighting, thatmust be taken into consideration to understand the design of the TwoSweet Spots, by its derivation and derivatives.

A Dynamic State is created when that instrument is subjected to externalforces that causes it to move and defy gravity, as in the case of acomplete golf club with all of its components being swung, that nowtakes into account Center Of Mass, Swing Plane and centrifugal forces.Thus, the past terminology relating to center of gravity will bereplaced by Center Of Mass.

A Dynamic Impact State is created when that instrument or golf club inthe Dynamic state strikes or hits an object in a Static or DynamicState, such as a ball, that can be measured during contact, or dwelltime, on both the instrument and struck object. When a Nonsymmetricalinstrument, such as a golf club, is used in a Dynamic Impact State,gravitational forces are overcome and become virtually insignificantresulting in new phenomena and terminology, as will be described anddiscussed in this disclosure.

A Dynamic Impact Aftermath State occurs to both the instrument andstruck object after contact is completed.

The Clubhead Swing Plane has been extremely skewed on past clubheads,that will be shown to have a prolific improvement.

A player swinging any instrument, whether a baseball bat or golf club,creates an extension of the Swing Plane with his arms and body, somewhatcontrolling any miss hits to an object by the gripping power with hishands, but the instrument is still the prime controlling factor in theDynamic Impact State, with the clubhead being paramount as the strikingforce.

Many years ago rifles had no gun sights for alignment purposes, buttoday all rifles, pistols and derringers have two gun sights that canalso be adjusted to distance targets, so why not a golf club havingTarget Lines for alignment, and Two Sweet Spots to coincide to the twoball height distances, from the Ground or off a Tee.

INVENTION OBJECTIVES

To introduce several novel features that is applicable to all existingand future classifications of instruments, especially golf clubs, thatare intended to make contact with another object, ball or otherwise.

To establish and promote correct golf club use, and testing, through theunderstanding and knowledge of modern golf club design technology usingthe Sweet Line principles derived from a balanced plane within theclubhead.

To overcome the mandated Sweet Spot belief, known throughout thecenturies, wherein on clubheads there exists only one singular sweetspot derived from a head center of gravity, and to unveil this myth byconveying to golfers that what actually exists is a clubhead balanceplane having an angular Sweet Line with Two Sweet Spots for hitting aball on the ground and off a tee.

To pass on to my fellow golfers, my twenty five years of frustration ingolf before my father said “You're an Engineer . . . FIX IT!”.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This patent does not take into consideration, nor is necessarilyconcerned with, prior patents, nor any other documentation, discussing,and interpreting a Sweet Spot as being the point at which to hit a golfball. The Sweet Spot has also been interpreted as that One SingularPoint, Center of Gravity, Center Point, Geometric Center, Center ofCompression, Point of Compression, Center of Percussion, Impact Point,etc., which past golf club design concepts and principles were basedupon, that are hereby repudiated, and justifiably so, by thisdisclosure.

This patent encompasses new engineering design principles in golf clubs,their manufacture and fitting, applicable to alignment markings andidentification at any clubhead location, on or within the clubhead,adjustable or fixed, within or external to the impact area as defined bythe USGA or other entities, visual or nonvisual, color coded, blended orotherwise, singular or plurality, and in any mannerism, allowing thegolfer to automatically and exactly align the clubhead to a ball at anyheight, but basically at two heights, from the Ground or perched on aTee, whereupon at ball impact results in the transferral of optimumpower, control and direction of intent. In order to accomplish this,correct soling of the clubhead base should be made but is not necessary.

This present invention applies to all Symmetrical and Nonsymmetricalinstruments that are used to hit an object. A comparison will be madebetween two instruments, a Symmetrical baseball bat and a Nonsymmetricalgolf club, that are used to hit an object baseball or golf ball, tosimplify the understanding of the mechanics and physics principlesinvolved in their operation and differences, wherein both have a SwingPlane and other similarities.

A golf club has a Swing Plane, that projects through the clubhead calledthe Clubhead Swing Plane and whose Perimeter Line is called the BernieLine. The Swing Plane also facilitates a Swing Plane Arc, Swing PlaneRadius, Swing Plane Radius Length, and Center Of Mass Axis. The BernieLine is the missing link in clubhead design that opens a new door ingolf, wherein evolves many new reference derivations that will beidentified and easily understood through analogies in this disclosure.The Clubhead Swing Plane can result in being much less skewed in thisendeavor.

Each clubhead has its own individual Bernie Line that consists of threemajor subdivision lines, Sweet Line, Target Line and the Training Line.

The Sweet Line is located angularly on the clubhead face that containsthe Central Axis Of Power offering a number of Infinite Sweet Spots thatsubdivides into Six Sweet Spots called the Maximum Sweet Spot, OptimumSweet Spot, True Sweet Spot or Huzza Point, Ground Sweet Spot, and theTee Sweet Spot. The Six Sweet Spots can be interrelated. The Sweet Lineand the Balance Plane may not be symmetrical.

The True Sweet Spot is associated with clubheads designed to hit a BallImpact Point, primarily from one reference point, such as the ground,that can be any combination of the Six Sweet Spots, or of a generalindependent or reference nature. The True Sweet Spot can be used tostrike a ball at another height if the club lie angle is altered. TheTrue Sweet Spot is a variable.

The Sweet Line, and derivatives, can be installed on clubhead facesincorporating bulge, roll, curved, flat, otherwise or any combinationthereof. Examples, the Sweet Line can incorporate bulge and roll, beingcalled Sweet Line Angular or Diagonal Face Bulge and Sweet Line Angularor Diagonal Face Roll, or having a Flat Sweet Line with the remainder ofthe face incorporating bulge and roll, or be flat faced, etc.

The angled Sweet Line is primarily referenced to two ball height restinglocations, that being on the Ground or perched on a Tee, respectivelycalled the Ground Sweet Spot and the Tee Sweet Spot, resulting in theterm Two Sweet Spots, that are laterally apart necessitating a lateralmovement of the clubhead alignment to the ball, that is dependant uponclubhead soling.

The available length on the Sweet Line to efficiently hit a ball atthese two ball heights is measured from the Maximum Sweet Spot to theGround Sweet Spot, or the Tee Sweet Spot, being respectively called theGround Hit Line or the Tee Hit Line, that is also respectively measuredvertically from the ground and called the Ground Sweet Spot Height andTee Sweet Spot Height. The nonavailable area to hit a ball on the SweetLine is called the Ground Dead Line or Tee Dead Line.

The Two Sweet Spots, Ground Sweet Spot and Tee Sweet Spot, can then betranslated into vertical lines, or otherwise, on or external to the faceimpact area, being respectively called the face Ground Vertical Line andTee Vertical Line, that can have the face grooves or markings referencedand designed accordingly.

From the Ground Vertical Line and Tee Vertical Line we can then derivetop clubhead markings respectively called the Ground Target Line and TeeTarget Line directions, that results in the Automatic Alignment andaiming of the clubhead to the ball with the direction of intent to thetarget, thus being referenced to the two ball heights.

Color coding can then be adapted with the Ground Target Line identifiedin green as the color of grass, and the Tee Target Line identified inwhite as in the standard color of a tee, whereby both visuallyindicates, and correlates to the golfer, instant and complete ColorCoded Target Alignment for ball height and direction. These targetdirection lines can be referenced to the Target Line but may, or may notbe parallel nor in straight lines, depending upon clubhead design andconstruction.

The Training Line, or associated lines, can be identified on thenonvisual, bottom or backside portion of the clubhead, that wheninverted into the bag identifying that club as having the Bernie Lineconcepts, and is also used in club design, swing analyzing training aid,etc.

The aforementioned information is applicable to all clubheads, but, ifthe clubhead is not soled properly, a change in the Sweet Lineangulation, being either more vertical or horizontal will affect allother associated parameters, and the use of the club. To correct thissituation, clubs may incorporate different parameters such as lie,press, etc., that can be generically produced within these confines bythe manufacturers, or be fitted exactly to the golfers individual SweetLine derivatives. Once a Sweet Line and its derivatives are fitted to agolfer, the odds are against anyone else using that club. Unfortunately,all past clubs have been difficult to exactly fit to a golfer becausetheir sole is cambered, arced, soled radius, etc., which may seem flat,but is actually an illusion.

Each club can be optimized in use by having repeatable Flat Base soling,along with other parameters, that establishes correct face orientationand alignment of the club to the ball and target, in reference to thegolfers position. By having a Flat Base clubhead, fitted to the golfersStance Triangle with a constant Sweet Line, results in optimum benefitsto the golfer, but only if that flat soling can be felt to change whennot flat, that alerts the golfer that the Sweet Line has changed.

Thus, a further improvement of the Flat Base is to connect a Hood Pointwhich is sharp, or curved at the toe or heel, that becomes AutomaticallyHooded when used in a mannerism in which it was not designed for. Hence,when another golfer tries to use that club in their own Stance Triangleit becomes Automatically Hooded. A Hood Limit prevents the clubhead fromcompletely flopping over.

Golf clubs that are design to hit a ball at one height that's on theGround coinciding with a True Sweet Spot, can facilitate a Second Baseto allow hitting a ball off a Tee with Automatic Loft.

A Heel Base further allows the golfer to broaden the Two Sweet Spot andthe Lateral Displacement of the club, conversely a Toe Base brings theTwo Sweet Spots closer together reducing the Lateral Displacement.Either bases can be used for an uphill or downhill lie.

Moving the shaft position physically back in the clubhead, away from theface, opposite the clubhead center or any proximity thereof, is calledCenterset, that can be used in clubhead weight distribution balancing.

Golfer eyes position, in relationship to the ball or clubhead, arenormally found between vertical, and to an angular displacement ofapproximately thirty degrees. Conventionally woods, for example, havetheir crowned shaped head tops basically parallel to the ground, whereinif the Ground Target Line and or Tee Target Line are identified on theseclubheads they will be distorted to the golfers eyes due to parallax anddepth perception. This can be overcome with an EyeAligner that has theclubhead top, or an alignment mechanism, that faces the golfers eyessquarely, enabling him to automatically align to the ball.

The height of a clubhead face need not ever be higher than the equatorof the ball, taking into account the balls compression and slip, loft,height, etc., unless the clubhead contacts the ground first. The height,or valley, can be concentrated in any mannerism to the Sweet Line, andcalled Sweet Spot Peak, that locates the optimize height of the clubheador face with which to hit a ball.

Some clubs are intentionally used to make contact with the ground afterball impact. If the clubhead makes contact with the ground prior to thehit or during the dwell time, the clubhead will contort and alter theSweet Line characteristics. This can be minimized by altering the facebase of the clubhead to be sharp allowing the clubhead to Plow or PlowThrough the ground that will offer minimum resistance, reduce clubheadbounce and other related stresses. The Plow can be an integral part ofthe Flat Base and extend into the Toe and Heel areas that will alsocontact the ground.

Since a small percentage of ball hits occur on the intended Two SweetSpots or True Sweet Spot, clubhead design considerations are dependantupon balance clubhead parameters that relies upon influencing planes andaxes within the clubhead to minimize losses.

There are Two Club Planes in a golf club that intersect, the Swing Planeand the Face Orientation Plane, not taking into account Control Mass orOrbital Mass that subdivides in equal masses. The Control Mass dominatesfrom the Swing Plane to the heel, whereas the Orbital Mass dominatesfrom the Swing Plane to the toe. The Control Mass, compared to itscounterpart has less hitting area, more bell shaped with narrower sigmalimits.

There are up to Five Clubhead Planes, Clubhead Swing Plane, ClubheadFace Orientation Plane, Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane, Ground SweetSpot Plane, and Tee Sweet Spot Plane.

There are up to Five Clubhead Axes, the Center Of Gravity Axis, ClubheadCentral Axis, True Sweet Spot Axis, Ground Sweet Spot Axis, and TeeSweet Spot Axis.

These planes and axes are interrelated and arced during ball impact,wherein any three, or more, intersecting combinations create a masterreference called the Bernie Point.

There are two main Power Distribution Curves, the Sweet Line PowerCurve, and the Weight Distribution Face Line Power Curve that can bestatistically plotted, in conjunction with the weight balancing of theFour Face Quadrants, called the upper, lower, toe and heel quadrants,with the respective curves called, for example, the Upper Toe PowerCurve. The ideal resultant four quadrant bell shaped curves will besimilar, less skewed, flatter, and with wide sigma levels with thispatent.

The Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane has a Weight Distribution FaceLine that has an angular limit between below horizontal and nearvertical.

Clubhead weight distribution is of prime concern, for example, the moreLower Toe Weighting, and Less Heel Weighting, results in a morehorizontal angle of the Sweet Line, that separates the Ground TargetLine from the Tee Target Lines allowing more lateral movement of theclubhead between these lines, whereas, Upper Toe Weighting results in amore vertical angle that can result in the Weight Distribution Face Linebeing perpendicular to the Sweet Line.

These clubhead planes and axes divide up into eight quadrants that canform any angular relationship by weight distribution. One position willbe shown when all planes and axes are at ninety degrees to each other,having better balancing forces, all in relationship with the True SweetSpot. Another position will be shown when the Clubhead WeightDistribution Plane is horizontal.

Clubhead stability is enhance by a Quadrant Weight Distribution systemthat extends the weight not only to the sides, but also from the face tothe back of the clubhead, while reference to base weighting, creatingTrue Perimeter Weighting, otherwise known as Balanced Weighting, SplitWeighting, Barbell Weighting, Seesaw Weighting, Elongated Toe HeelWeighting, or used up to an Eight Quadrant Weight Zones. The clubheadweight distribution can be at the extremities of the quadrants, awayfrom, and balanced, in reference to the Bernie Point, with the clubheaddesigned accordingly.

When the Clubhead Face Orientation Plane is parallel to the clubheadface results in Weight Balanced Striking Power.

When the Clubhead Weight Distribution Axis is parallel to the clubheadface results in Balanced Weight Distribution.

Whereby, having the Clubhead Face Orientation Plane and the ClubheadWeight Distribution Axis back away from the face, in reference to theSwing Plane, and optimumly to the clubheads center Bernie Point resultsin Push Angle Reduction, or P.A.R., and the angular reduction of losses,with the ability of a clubhead miss hitting a ball to be more forgiving.

The Bernie Point is a variable located on the Center Of Mass Axis, andis used to determine any or all of the Six Sweet Spots.

The Bernie Point establishes all of the transferral of forces that areapplied, in determining the resultant ball struck parameters.

To summarize this disclosure, when the Swing Plane is perpendicular tothe Clubhead Face Orientation Plane, and perpendicular to ClubheadWeight Distribution Plane, all being perpendicular or parallel inrelationship to the clubhead face, results in optimization of the BerniePoint Push Angle Reduction, and in relationship to the weight balancingof the Four Face Quadrants, and the True Sweet Spot or Two Sweet Spotsface centering, whereby incorporating a Flat Base, when fitted to agolfer in his Stance Triangle, hence aligning to a ball and a target,produces the First Ultimate Golf Club design. The Second Ultimate GolfClub design is produced when the Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane ishorizontal.

The Bernie Line and Bernie Point are the Deity in golf club designtechnology.

The invention relies on the Law of Physics that all Symmetrical andNonsymmetrical instruments in their Dynamic Impact State have from oneto an infinite number of Swing Planes and further that a symmetricalinstrument Swing Plane has a Center Of Mass and Center Of Mass Axis, allwithin that instrument and further there is a perimeter line around eachof these Swing Planes. Further the forward object striking portion ofthis perimeter impact line is called the Sweet Line that contains anInfinite Number of Sweet Spots or impact points with varying powerlevels.

A Nonsymmetrical instrument has a Swing Plane where the Center Of MassAxis and Center Of Mass are within or may be external to thatinstruments mass, such as a golf club, which has a Swing Plane, andother planes and axes. The Swing Plane is subdivided and creates aperimeter line around the clubhead called the Bernie Line thatencompasses the clubhead. The Bernie Line is subdivided into three majorlines, Sweet Line, directional Target Line, and Training Line. The SweetLine is Angular, varies between vertical and horizontal, and is theclubheads central striking axis. The Sweet Line contains a number ofInfinite Sweet Spots with varying power levels, in which Six Sweet Spotsare claimed, Ground Sweet Spot, Tee Sweet Spot, Maximum Sweet Spot,Optimum Sweet Spot, True Sweet Spot, and Minimum Sweet Spot. The GroundSweet Spot and the Tee Sweet Spot are called the Two Sweet Spots thatare referenced from the Maximum Sweet Spot to determine the lengths tohit a ball, called the Ground Hit Line and the Tee Hit Line. Above theGround Sweet Spot and the Tee Sweet Spot we are unable to hit a ball,these lines are called the Ground Dead Line and the Tee Dead Line. TheseTwo Sweet Spots can be identified to any number, but primarily to twoball heights on conventional clubs, or referenced to, and identified toany parameter change or changes. The Two Sweet Spots, are referenced tothe two ball heights are the basis for determining the Ground VerticalLine and the Tee Vertical Line, and can be translated onto the top ofthe clubhead, respectively forming the Ground Target Line and Tee TargetLine that are used to align the clubhead to the ball in the intendeddirection, whereby being in relationship to the Target Line and facecontour.

The Ground Target Line and Tee Target Line connect to the GroundTraining Line and the Tee Training Line, in relationship to the TrainingLine, that connects to the bottom of the Ground Vertical Line and theTee Vertical Line, forming the Clubhead Ground Plane and Clubhead TeePlane. As has been described the Ground Vertical Line and Tee VerticalLine are vertically displaced from each other requiring a later shift ofthe clubhead to coincide with that balls impact point height. In orderto insure that the ball impact point height is constant when the ball ison a Tee a tool may be used. The true Sweet Spot can be used to identifya clubhead alignment to strike a ball at one specific height, requiringno lateral shifting of the clubhead. The Optimum Sweet Spot may or maynot coincide with any of the Six Sweet Spots. The True Sweet Spot isdesigned to hit a ball at one height, but can facilitate a Second Baseused to strike a ball at another height and have Automatic Loft. TheTrue Sweet Spot can also be used to strike a ball at both heights,incorporating a clubhead having a Heel Base or Toe Base. The Sweet Lineis controlled by the Three Triangles in golf, Stance Triangle, ClubTriangle, and Alignment Triangle. The Sweet Line and derivatives existson all clubs, that will change with parameter changes, but can beidentified to each club and golfer's parameters. The present inventiondetermines the location. The Sweet Line and derivatives will not changewith a clubhead having a Flat Base that is fitted to a golfer'sparameters, unless the clubhead is held incorrectly, or in another planethat becomes Automatically Hooded. The Hooding can facilitate a HoodStop.

The Swing Plane has a Control Mass and an Orbital Mass. The Center OfMass Axis can be moved back away from the clubhead face by shaftrelocation called Centerset, or Optimum Centerset. If the Sweet Line wasvertical, no lateral shifting of the clubhead would be required tostrike a ball at any height. If the Sweet Line was more horizontal, morelateral shifting of the clubhead would be required to strike a ball at adifferent height. The Sweet Line can incorporate Horizontal Sweet LineBulge, Vertical Sweet Line Roll, or Flat Sweet Line. The Sweet Lineheight can be referenced, to establish the top height of a clubhead. TheSweet Line height can be maximized on the clubhead called a Sweet LinePeak, or any derivatives. The Sweet Line deviation is also controlled byclubhead ground contact that is minimized by bottom face edge Plow. TheGround Target Line and Tee Target Line parallax and depth perception canbe eliminated by incorporating an EyeAligner on the clubhead or ball.The Ground Target Line and Tee Target Line on conventional clubheads,can incorporate an Eyes Over The Ball focusing Antiparallaxer toeliminate parallax and depth perception.

The Swing Plane has several planes and axes that can be related to it.The Swing Plane contains several planes including Five Clubhead Planes,Clubhead Swing Plane, Clubhead Face Orientation Plane, Clubhead WeightDistribution Plane, Ground Sweet Spot Plane, and Tee Sweet Spot Plane.The Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane is formulated by a QuadrantWeight Distribution system, consisting of Eight Quadrant Weight Zones,with a Weight Distribution Face Line. These aforementioned planescontain several axes including Five Clubhead Axes, the Center Of GravityAxis, Clubhead Weight Distribution Axis, True Sweet Spot Axis, GroundSweet Spot Axis, and Tee Sweet Spot Axis. These planes and axesestablish the Bernie Point, that when moved back away from the clubheadface results in Push Angle Reduction, otherwise known as P.A.R. TheBernie Point and all related planes and axes, relate to the Impact SwingRadius Arc and Impact Swing Radius Length. The Weight Distribution FaceLine has two main Power Distribution Curves, the Sweet Line Power Curve,and the Weight Distribution Face Line Power Curve, in conjunction withFour Face Quadrants. The Sweet Line Angulation is primarily affected byLower Toe Weighting, Extended Upper Toe Weighting and the ClubheadWeight Distribution Plane that when the Swing Plane Clubhead FaceOrientation Plane and Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane are at rightangles to each other, creates a Bernie Point. When the Swing Plane isperpendicular to the clubhead face, the result is an optimization of theBernie Point and Push Angle Reduction. Henceforth incorporatingCenterset and in relationship to the Quadrant Weight Distribution andthe True Sweet Spot or Two Sweet Spots in consideration to facecentering, whereby incorporating a Flat Base and fitting that golf clubto a golfer in his Stance Triangle whereby aligning the correct GroundVertical Line or the Tee Vertical Line in conjunction with a Target Linederivative to a ball, produces the First Ultimate Golf Club design.

All of the relationships to Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane whenhorizontal, results in the Second Ultimate Golf Club design. The SweetSpot and its related Center Of Gravity terminology known throughout thecenturies has been true but only applicable to a golf club Head withoutits components, and must be distinguished between New Technology,because it is not true and not applicable in use to a complete golfclub, with all of its components, which requires New Terminology such asTrue Sweet Spot and Two Sweet Spots.

It is often asked what Sweet Spot means or refers to with regard to aclub head. FIG. 14, illustrates one method for locating the conventionalSweet Spot 22 of a club head. The figure illustrates a club head withouta shaft or grip or other components. The club head is shown with theclub head face facing downward and balanced on a Sweet Line Locator 77.The club head will only balance at one point. In the present invention Ihave gone beyond Sweet Spot to Sweet Line. My Sweet Line determines abroad range of ideal locations on the clubhead for impact with a golfball to obtain maximum results and reduce adverse influences on control,accuracy, precision and distance. By having the ball struck at thecorrect impact point on the clubhead the ball will travel along it'sintended path with the least amount of dispersion. The likelihood of theball hooking or slicing is also reduced to a minimum. In the event theplayer actually desires the ball to hook or slice this may beaccomplished by adjusting the clubhead position for impact, experienceand practice would determine the exact adjustment to use.

The clubhead markings become a focused visual aid indicating exactclubhead positioning, when the golf club is swung. Most players takeseveral preparatory swings prior to the swing that strikes the ball. Thefocused visual aid may be used in the preparatory swings using a bladeof grass or other object in place of the ball. The focused visual aid isthe Target Line which is also used as a training aid.

FIG. 15, illustrates a clubhead with Sweet Line 4 shown as a diagonalline, the Sweet Line 4 is raised to indicate both Angular Bulge 39′ andAngular Roll 40′. Horizontal Bulge is the curvature of the clubhead facesurface extending from the Toe to the Heel. Vertical Roll is thecurvature of the clubhead face surface extending from the top Crown ofthe clubhead to the bottom Sole of the clubhead. Horizontal Bulge andVertical Roll are typically related to the club head Sweet Spot. AngularBulge is a curved and raised area on the golf clubhead face surface thatfollows the Sweet Line at the Sweet Line's diagonal. Angular Roll is acurved and raised area on the golf clubhead face surface that isperpendicular to the Sweet Line. My invention has the Angular Bulge andAngular Roll related to the Sweet Line. Angular Grooves 80 are shownparallel to the Sweet Line 4 and therefore at a diagonal. As analternative the Angular Grooves could be perpendicular to the Sweet Line4. It is also possible to have the Angular Grooves form a fan shapeddesign pointing upward with the fan shape center line being the SweetLine 4 or downward with the fan shape center line being the Sweet Line 4Also shown is Round Base 81. In addition Sweet Line Peak 34, also knownas Hump, is shown together with Eyealigner 59, also known as TargetLine.

FIG. 16, illustrates a conventional iron 67 shown in dotted lines and aniron with a curved base 81. Shown on the iron with curved base 81 is aSweet Line Peak 34. Also shown is Sweet Line 4 as it would appear onboth the conventional iron 67 and the iron with curved base 81.

FIG. 17, illustrates an iron with the Center Grip Shaft 42 aligned topoint of contact for a ball resting on the ground at Ground Sweet Spot10, which is the Sweet Line Centerset 48′. The Sweet Line Centerset ishaving the shaft and grip center line align with a specific point on theSweet Line when the clubhead face surface is viewed form the toe of theclubhead. In FIG. 17 the specific point is the Ground Sweet Spot. Thehosel can be positioned in order that the alignment takes place for anyspot on the Sweet Line. The alignment forms a plane that includes theShaft Center Line, the point selected on the Sweet Line and thehorizontal line on the clubhead face surface that runs thru the pointselected on the Sweet Line. Forward Press is when the Shaft Center Lineis tilted off the vertical toward the intended direction of travel ofthe ball.

While the invention will be described in connection with a preferredembodiment, it will be understood that I do not intend to limit theinvention to that embodiment. On the contrary, I intend to cover allalternatives, modifications and equivalents as may be included withinthe spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective and interior view of a golf club wood, with aShaft Grip Centerline 42, showing swing plane 1, club head swing plane29, center of mass axis 3,, and alignment lines including: Bernie line2; Sweet line 4, with 4* indicating the length; Target line 5, with 5*indicating the length; Ground Vertical line 12; Tee Vertical line 13;Ground Target line 14; Tee Target line 15; Perimeter line 28; andTraining line 31. Also shown is Maximum Sweet Spot 16, Control Mass 20,Orbital Mass 21, Flat base 23, Bernie Point 30, Flat face 50 and Centerof Mass 66.

FIG. 2 is a perspective and interior view of a baseball bat with a swingplane and compositions. Shown are Optimum Sweet Spot 17, Swing Plane Arc27 and Swing Plane Radius 36.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an iron clubhead to a ball on the ground,impact point relationship and Flat Base. Shown are Ground 6, Ball GroundHeight 8, Ball Impact Point 9, Ground Sweet Spot 10, 10* being GroundSweet Spot Height, Ball Diameter 37 and Ball Set Point 38.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an iron clubhead to ball on a tee, impact pointrelationship. Shown are Ball Tee height 7, and Tee Sweet Spot 11, with11* showing Tee Sweet Spot Height.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an iron embodying the present invention. Shownare 10** indicates Ground Hit Line, 10*** indicates Ground Dead Line,11** indicates Tee Hit Line, 11*** indicates Tee Dead Line, Hood 24,Hood Stop 25, True Sweet Spot 26, Hood Point 32, Sweet Line Height 33,Sweet Line Peak 34, Eyealigner 59, and Conventional Iron 67.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional wood head. Shown areSweet Spot 22, Sweet Spot Alignment Spot 35, Horizontal Face Bulge 64and Face Bulge 65.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a novel wood clubhead. Shown are LowerToe Weight 18, Upper Toe Weight 19, Sweet Line Horizontal Face Bulge 39,Sweet Line Face Vertical Roll 40, Heel Base 47, Centerset 48, Plow 49and Toe Base 61.

FIG. 8 is a perspective and interior view of a partially embodied woodclubhead with planes and axes correlation to a Weight Distribution Faceline parallel to a Flat Base. Shown are Second Base 43, Face OrientationPlane 51, Clubhead Face Orientation Plane 52, Weight Distribution Plane53, Weight Distribution Axis 54, True Sweet Spot Axis 55, Ground SweetSpot Axis 56, Tee Sweet Spot Axis 57 and Weight Distribution Face Line58.

FIG. 9 is a perspective and interior view of a partially embodied woodclubhead with an EyeAligner, perpendicular planes and axes correlation.Shown is Maximum Ball Compression Area 60.

FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of the RighTee-HeighTee tool 78,indicating Adjustable Tee Height 45, Hinged Foldup 46, Ball Mark RepairTool 62, Ball Marker 63, Groove Cleaner 69, Clubhead Face Cleaning Pad70 and Tee Head Retainer 90.

FIG. 11, illustrates the Dynamic Clubhead Impacting To The Golf BallMethod. Shown are A Golf Club 71, Spherical Quadrant Shifter 72 and aClub Torque Responder 73.

FIG. 12, illustrates the Static Clubhead Loft Angle Plumb BobbingMethod. Shown is Plumb Bob 74.

FIG. 13, illustrates, the Static Horizontal Clubhead Face BalancingMethod. Shown are the Club Grip End 75, a Level Platform 76, theClubhead Face 79 and the Sweet Line Locator Tool 77. Also shown areDonut Shaped Stabilizer Base Member 87 and Rigid Rod 88.

FIG. 14, illustrates one method for locating the conventional Sweet Spot22 of a club head. The figure illustrates a club head without a shaft orgrip or other components. The club head is shown with the club head facefacing downward and balanced on a Sweet Line Locator 77. The club headwill only balance at one point.

FIG. 15, illustrates a clubhead with Sweet Line 4 shown as a diagonalline, the Sweet Line 4 is raised to indicate both angular bulge 39′ andangular roll 40′. Angular Grooves 80 are shown parallel to the SweetLine 4 and therefore at a diagonal. Also shown is Round Base 81. Inaddition Sweet Line Peak 34, also known as Hump, is shown together withEyealigner 59, also known as Target Line.

FIG. 16, illustrates a conventional iron 67 shown in dotted lines and aniron with a curved base 81. Shown on the iron with curved base 81 is aSweet Line Peak 34. Also shown is Sweet Line 4 as it would appear onboth the conventional iron 67 and the iron with curved base 81.

FIG. 17, illustrates an iron with the Center Grip Shaft 42 aligned topoint of contact for a ball resting on the ground at Ground Sweet Spot10, which is the Sweet Line Centerset 48′. The Sweet Line Centerset ishaving the shaft and grip center line align with a specific point on theSweet Line when the clubhead face surface is viewed from the toe of theclubhead. In FIG. 17 the specific point is the Ground Sweet Spot.

FIG. 18 shows the Lie Angle Paper 82, Lie Angle Base Corner 83, LevelPlatform 76 and Hole In Level Platform 84.

FIG. 19 shows Lie Angle Paper 82, a Golf Club 71, Level Platform 76,Sweet Line Locator 77, Donut Shaped Stabilizer Base Member 87 and GolfClub Top Surface 85. Also shown in dotted lines is Shaft Grip Centerline42. The Golf Club 71 is shown with the Shaft Grip Centerline 42 at theangle of intended use.

FIG. 20 shows Lie Angle Paper 82, a Golf Club 71, Level Platform 76,Sweet Line Locator 77, Donut Shaped Stabilizer Base Member 87, Golf ClubTop Surface 85, Ground Target Line 14 and Level 86. Also shown in dottedlines is Shaft Grip Centerline 42. The Golf Club 71 is shown with theShaft Grip Centerline 42 at the angle of intended use as adjusted forparallax.

FIG. 21 shows Golf Club 71, Level Surface 76, Instrument That Reads TheAngle Of Slope Above The Horizontal 89, Ground Target Line 14 and TeeTarget Line 15. Also shown in dotted lines is Shaft Grip Centerline 42.The Golf Club is shown at the angle of intended use.

FIG. 22 shows Golf Club 71, Level Surface 76, Instrument That Reads TheAngle Of Slope Above The Horizontal 89, Level 86, Ground Target Line 14and Tee Target Line 15. Also shown in dotted lines is Shaft GripCenterline 42. The Golf Club is shown at the angle of intended use asincreased for parallax.

FIG. 23 shows the Instrument That Reads The Angle Of Slope Above TheHorizontal 89. As shown this is a standard instrument readily availableon the market. The instrument will read 90 degrees when the long shaftis vertical and 0 degrees when the long shaft is horizontal.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein.It should be understood, however, that these embodiments are merely amodel of the invention, which may be embodied in various forms, means,and use. The details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted aslimited, but merely as the basis for the claims and derivatives thereof.

The past acknowledgment of a Golf Clubhead Sweet Spot is now transcendedby revealing the existence of Two Sweet Spots on golf clubs that will beshown to have a Swing Plane with a Perimeter Line around each clubhead,called the Bernie Line, that is found during Dynamic Impact StateTesting by recently developed scientific equipment by the inventor. Fromthe Bernie Line we derive the following, an angled clubhead face SweetLine containing one to a number of Infinite Sweet Spots impact points,with primarily Six Sweet Spots, consisting of Two Sweet Spots that aredominant in determining where to hit a ball from, either on the Groundor off the Tee, wherein are derived top and face identificationdirectional Target Lines, offset to compensate for Parallax, or with anEyeAligner to align the eyes square to the clubhead and the ball, in thedirection of intent, that necessitates a lateral shifting of theclubhead to that balls aforementioned, or any other height, whereinincorporating the means of locating a True Sweet Spot, on a clubheadused to hit a ball only at one height, with the advantage of a SecondBase for two ball heights, and a Training Line. The Bernie Line, and itsderivatives, will be the basis of invention, with associated aids in thepartnership of the golf clubhead to the ball and target by using ThreeTriangles, relative to clubhead Soling, planes and axes, Push AngleReduction, Sweet Line Horizontal Bulge and Vertical Roll, with a Hoodfeature.

FIG. 2, illustrates a Symmetrical shape baseball bat in its DynamicState, showing a Swing Plane 1, that represents one of an infinitenumber of identical cross sectional areas entirely within the instrumentitself, if it is rotated.

When the bat is swung, and upon Dynamic Impact to a ball hit optimumlysquare at any location, results in a real Swing Plane 1, having aPerimeter Line 28, around that plane that is also called a Bernie Line2, with a Center Of Mass Axis, C.O.M.A. 3, which is also interrelatedwith and known as the Center Of Gravity Axis, C.O.G.A. The forward orcontact portion of the Bernie Line 2, is called the Sweet Line 4, whichoffers an infinite number of bat impact points, or Infinite Sweet Spots,that applies varying energy levels to the ball being struck, identifyinga Maximum Sweet Spot 16, and an Optimum Sweet Spot 17.

The Maximum Sweet Spot 16, is a point on the end of the bat offeringmaximum power and control for the direction of intent, that may never befacilitated because of the ball diameter.

The Optimum Sweet Spot 17, is a point on the bat that takes into regardsmany parameters including Swing Plane 1, Swing Plane Arc 27, and SwingPlane Radius 36, that is dependant upon the object or ball diameter,compression, etc., wherein hitting the ball square, results in optimumpower and control for the direction of intent.

FIG. 1, illustrates a nonsymmetrical shape clubhead with the shaft andgrip being replaced by their center line Center Grip Shaft 42, as isalso indicated on FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, that illustrates only theclubhead.

A golf club contains only one main Swing Plane 1, shown in slash lines,that does not stay within the instrument but extends from the grip toppoint O, going through free space, forming a Perimeter Line 28,encompassing the surface of the clubhead creating a subdivision on theclubhead called the Bernie Line 2, also shown in dash lines within andexternal to the face impact area, that encompasses a Clubhead SwingPlane 29, shown with double slash lines.

The Swing Plane 1, has a Center Of Mass Axis 3, and a Center of Mass 66,that is located in free space.

The Bernie Point 30, is the master design point, whereby the furtherback away from the face results in Push Angle Reduction or P.A.R.

The P represents the upper grip and shaft direction of forward ornegative Press Deviation, in relationship to the hole, with the clubheadin one position aligned to an imaginary ball.

The Bernie Line 2, then subdivides into three basic interconnectingreference lines on the clubhead being identified as the Sweet Line 4,Target Line 5, on the top, and the Training Line 31, on all the otherclubhead surfaces, rear and bottom.

The Sweet Line 4, is an angled line across the clubhead face thatcontains a number of Infinite Sweet Spots in which to hit a ball likethe aforementioned baseball bat, that applies varying levels of power tothe ball being struck. The length of this line is called the Sweet LineLength 4*. The Target Line 5, is a design reference that is used tointerpolate the clubhead alignment to the ball in the Target Direction,at different locations on the clubhead Sweet Line 4, that will bedependant upon ball height that will be shown. Shown is Target LineLength 5* and Flat Face 50.

The Maximum Sweet Spot is shown as 16. Flat Base 23 is derived by aplane established by minimum points. Half of the subdivision of mass iscalled the Control Mass 20, with the other half mass called the OrbitalMass 21, on either side of the Swing Plane 1.

FIG. 3, shows the Maximum Sweet Spot 16, and the varying Optimum SweetSpot 17, having a Ball Diameter 37, with the Ball Height 8, measuredfrom the ball resting on the Ground 6.

FIG. 4, shows the ball elevated on a Tee with Ball Tee Height 7,measured from the ball resting on the Ground 6.

FIGS. 3 and 4, illustrates a typical clubhead shown is a Flat Face iron50, that is aligned to a ball, in relationship to two different ballheights that will strike a ball at the same Ball Impact Point 9, whichis not true for curved face clubheads as shown in FIG. 6, withHorizontal Face Bulge 64, and Vertical Face Roll 65.

These figures also illustrate that a ball's height can be changed fromthe Ground to on a Tee, at one specific location point called the BallSet Point 38. Thusly, when comparing these figures to the clubheadsalignment to the Ball Impact Point 9, with face impact points FIG. 3Ground Sweet Spot 10 and FIG. 4 Tee Sweet Spot 11, illustrating thatthese clubhead impact points change accordance with ball height. Theheights of these face impact points are measured from Ground 6, and inFIG. 3 called the Ground Sweet Spot Height 10*, and in FIG. 4 called theTee Sweet Spot Height 11*, with both heights then being transferred toFIG. 5.

FIG. 5, shows the Ground Sweet Spot Height 10*, and Tee Sweet SpotHeight 11*, that are now represented as horizontal lines intersectingthe Sweet Line 4, respectively at Ground Sweet Spot 10, and Tee SweetSpot 11, that clearly illustrates and proves that a change in ballheight at one location, re. FIGS. 3 and 4 Ball Set Point 38 on theGround 6, requires a lateral shifting of the clubhead for it to strike aball on the angled Sweet Line 4, thusly establishing Two Sweet Spots,whereby bidding Adios to one sweet spot.

Vertical lines are then identified on the clubhead face impact areaintersecting with the Ground Sweet Spot 10 and the Tee Sweet Spot 11,respectively being called the Ground Vertical Line 12 and Tee VerticalLine 13, that can then be extended external to the face impact area onthis Iron, or any clubhead as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 1, Ground Vertical Line 12, and Tee Vertical Line 13, are shown ona Wood, that are now translated to the top of the clubhead andidentified respectively as, the Ground Target Line 14 and the Tee TargetLine 15, that results in the correct orientation of the clubhead to aball, at either height, toward the direction of intent. These TargetLines are applicable to all golf clubs.

FIG. 5, shows a conventional Iron 67, with the striking face areaconcentrated at the toe of the clubhead, Minimum Sweet Spot 44. TheGround Hit Line length 10**, and the Tee Hit Line length 11**, is theonly available striking length where the ball normally can be struck, onthe Sweet Line 4, whereas above the Ground Sweet Spot 10 and the TeeSweet Spot 11, are respectively called the no hit lines or Ground DeadLine 10***, and the Tee Dead Line 11***, that can not be facilitatedunless the clubhead makes contact with the ground first, or the ball ison an incline height which alters the lateral shifting of the clubhead.A ball can be struck below points 10 and 11 by elevation of the clubheador if the ball is embedded, which also requires a lateral shifting tomaintain impact on the Sweet Line 4. FIG. 5 validates maximized clubheadheight in relationship to the Sweet Line 4. FIG. 5 also shows theMaximum Sweet Spot 16, and the True Sweet Spot 26, also called the HuzzaPoint, shown between the Ground Sweet Spot 10 and the Tee Sweet Spot 11.

Clubheads designed with a Low or Shallow Height using only one specificheight parameter from where a ball is to be hit from, for example on theground, need not necessarily facilitate Ground Sweet Spot 10 or TeeSweet Spot 11 terminology, that can be more accurately renamed by usingthe factual Sweet Line principle of determination and called the TrueSweet Spot 26.

The Tee Sweet Spot 11, distance to the Maximum Sweet Spot 16, offersmore available Sweet Line to hit the ball compared to the Ground SweetSpot 10.

Shown is a clubhead with Flat Base 23, so as when the lie angle isdecreased to beyond Hood Point 32 at the heel, the clubhead will Hood orAutomatically Hood 24, wherein incorporating a limit called Hood Stop25, with the converse being applicable to the toe with an increasing lieangle. This Hooding alerts the golfer that his Two Sweet Spotsreferences have shifted and requires remedial action.

Also shown is the Sweet Line Height 33, as being the maximum orreference height of the club, oppose to having the maximum height at thetoe where the ball is not intentionally hit. The Ground Vertical Line12, and the Tee Vertical Line 13, can also be applied to clubheadheight, such as with the Two Sweet Spots Peak or Sweet Line Peak 34,offering increased clubhead face striking area where the ball should behit, being applicable to Shallow Height clubs and called the True SweetSpot Peak.

The EyeAligner 59 is a backup mechanism to the Base that alerts thegolfers that something is out of position, including the way that he'sholding the club.

FIG. 5, shows Ground Sweet Spot 10, that is a constant, whereas the TeeSweet Spot 11, is a variable caused by golfers inconsistency of Teeheight during its installation, that results in Tee Target Line error.To establish a constant Tee Sweet Spot 11, the tee must be installedinto the ground at the same height each time. To accomplish this, FIG.10 shows a RighTEE-HeighTEE tool 78, with Adjustable Tee Height 45, thatcan be facilitated to each golfers Tee ball height in direct correlationto the Tee Sweet Spot 11. This versatile RighTEE-HeighTEE toolincorporates a Hinged Foldup 46, for compactness, with the bottom usedas a Ball Mark Repair Tool 62, a Ball Marker 63, Groove Cleaner 69,Clubhead Face Cleaning Pad 70, and a Tee Head Retainer 90 to prevent Teeslippage during installation. The tool can be modified to incorporate aTee with a Ball combination.

FIG. 6, shows past conventional Wood Head, without its grip and shaftcomponents, that this patent does acknowledge as having a Sweet Spot 22,a Sweet Spot Alignment Mark 35, that is normally a point indicator,line, name or no markings at all, with Horizontal Face Bulge 64 andVertical Face Roll 65, constructed around this Sweet Spot 22, or inconjunction with the Head center of gravity. Alas, designing a clubheadwithout its components has been golf Tunnel Vision and nemesis forcenturies, until now.

FIG. 7, shows a slightly modified conventional clubhead with Flat Base23, Heel Base 47, and Toe Base 61, incorporated in conjunction tocontrolling vertical or horizontal positioning of the Sweet Line. Alsoshown is the convexness of Sweet Line Horizontal Face Bulge 39, andSweet Line Face Vertical Roll 40, incorporated into Sweet Line 4. Shownis Lower Toe Weighting 18, and Upper Toe Weighting 19, Sweet Line Peak34, CenterSet 48, Plow 49, and EyeAligner 59.

FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrates that there are several planes and axes thatrelates directly to this disclosures Two Sweet Spot technology, withinteraction phenomena showing the versatility of concept.

FIG. 8, shows another slightly modified conventional clubheadincorporating, Sweet Line 4, Ground Sweet Spot 10, Tee Sweet Spot 11,and True Sweet Spot 26. Also shown is Second Base 43, for automatic loftand ball height control that can be in relationship with EyeAligner 59as shown on FIG. 9.

FIG. 8 shows Swing Plane 1, and Face Orientation Plane 51. Also showsthe Five Clubhead Axes, Center Of Gravity Axis 3, True Sweet Spot Axis55, Ground Sweet Spot Axis 56, Tee Sweet Spot Axis 57, and ClubheadWeight Distribution Axis 54.

The intersection of three planes, Clubhead Swing Plane, Clubhead FaceOrientation Plane, Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane, or related axes,is called the Bernie Point 30.

FIG. 8 shows three of the Five Clubhead Planes, Clubhead Swing Plane 29,Clubhead Face Orientation Plane 52, and Clubhead Weight DistributionPlane 53, with a Clubhead Weight Distribution Face Line 58 shownparallel and horizontal to the Flat Base for ball impact regulation whenat one height along this line, affording a more horizontal Sweet Linefor increased lateral movement between Two Sweet Spots, and alternatebase weighting considerations, while incorporating CenterSet to move theBernie Point 30 back to optimize Push Angle Reduction.

FIG. 9 shows EyeAligner 59, having the top of the clubhead in line withthe golfers eyes for target alignment that eliminates parallax and depthperception, resulting in optimum viewing of the target lines, and itsrange limits called Target Line Range Limits 68, reference to the SweetLine 4.

Shows Maximum Ball Compression Areas 60, equidistant upon the Sweet Lineaxis subdivided by the Clubhead Weight Distribution Plane 53, withoverlapping characteristics for balanced quadrant weighting in referenceto two ball heights.

The Clubhead comprises the Weight Distribution Face Line 58, andClubhead Weight Distribution Plane 53, that is perpendicular to theSweet Line 4, and angled from horizontal because of Upper Toe Weighting19, that results in the alignment the Clubhead Face Orientation Planeparallel to the Flat Face 50 while centered in the clubhead due toCenterSet 48, with the Center Of Mass Axis 3, whereby all planes andaxes are ninety degrees in relationship to each other, intersecting atthe Bernie Point 30, produces balanced quadrant weighting and ultimateball control for hitting it at alternate heights.

Their are four basic methods of locating the Bernie Lines Sweet Line andits derivatives, the Dynamic Clubhead Impacting To The Golf Ball Method,Dynamic Golf Ball Impacting To The Clubhead Method, Static Clubhead LoftAngle Plumb Bobbing Method, and the Static Horizontal Clubhead FaceBalancing Method.

FIG. 11, shows the Dynamic Clubhead Impacting To The Golf Ball Method,that is accomplished by Swinging A Golf Club 71, to strike a series ofstationary balls at different positions and heights whose location iscontrolled by a Spherical Quadrant Shifter 72, that can also be adaptedto the club, with the club incorporating a Club Torque Responder 73, tomeasure Sweet Line off or on hits, with related derivatives and datathat can be extracted for graphic and statistical analysis for clubheaddesign. This method can be reversed, by the striking a stationaryclubhead with a moving ball called the Dynamic Golf Ball Impacting ToThe Clubhead Method.

FIG. 12, shows the Static Clubhead Loft Angle Plumb Bobbing Method, thatis accomplished by suspending the golf club vertically from the centertop of the grip and suspending a Plumb Bob 74, that will not result inthe correct Sweet Line, unless the clubhead face loft angle, HorizontalFace Bulge and Vertical Face Roll are taken into consideration.

FIG. 13, shows the Static Horizontal Clubhead Face Balancing Method,that is accomplished by having the Club Grip End 75, resting on a LevelPlatform 76, with the Clubhead Face 79, resting on a Sweet Line LocatorTool 77, with the tool having an adjustable height vertical gauge, RigidRod 88, whose top can be pointed, horizontally flat or contoured tomatch the Clubhead Face 79, wherein contacts the horizontal face atbalance points simulating where a ball should be hit, or otherwise. Alsoshown is Donut Shaped Stabilizer Base Member 87.

Once the Sweet Line is derived by any of the aforementioned methods, theTarget Lines can be determined geometrically, or by a precipitousrelationship, to any ball impact point.

It is often asked what Sweet Spot means or refers to with regard to aclub head. FIG. 14, illustrates one method for locating the conventionalSweet Spot 22 of a club head. The figure illustrates a club head withouta shaft or grip or other components. The club head is shown with theclub head face facing downward and balanced on a Sweet Line Locator 77.The club head will only balance at one point. In the present invention Ihave gone beyond Sweet Spot to Sweet Line. My Sweet Line determines abroad range of ideal locations on the clubhead for impact with a golfball to obtain maximum results and reduce adverse influences on control,accuracy, precision and distance. By having the ball struck at thecorrect impact point on the clubhead the ball will travel along it'sintended path with the least amount of dispersion. The likelihood of theball hooking or slicing is also reduced to a minimum. In the event theplayer actually desires the ball to hook or slice this may beaccomplished by adjusting the clubhead position for impact, experienceand practice would determine the exact adjustment to use.

The clubhead markings become a focused visual aid indicating exactclubhead positioning, when the golf club is swung. Most players takeseveral preparatory swings prior to the swing that strikes the ball. Thefocused visual aid may be used in the preparatory swings using a bladeof grass or other object in place of the ball. The focused visual aid isthe Target Line which is also used as a training aid.

FIG. 15, illustrates a clubhead with Sweet Line 4 shown as a diagonalline, the Sweet Line 4 is raised to indicate both Angular Bulge 39′ andAngular Roll 40′. Horizontal Bulge is the curvature of the clubhead facesurface extending from the Toe to the Heel. Vertical Roll is thecurvature of the clubhead face surface extending from the top Crown ofthe clubhead to the bottom Sole of the clubhead. Horizontal Bulge andVertical Roll are typically related to the club head Sweet Spot. AngularBulge is a curved and raised area on the golf clubhead face surface thatfollows the Sweet Line at the Sweet Line's diagonal. Angular Roll is acurved and raised area on the golf clubhead face surface that isperpendicular to the Sweet Line. My invention has the Angular Bulge andAngular Roll related to the Sweet Line. Angular Grooves 80 are shownparallel to the Sweet Line 4 and therefore at a diagonal. As analternative the Angular Grooves could be perpendicular to the Sweet Line4. It is also possible to have the Angular Grooves form a fan shapeddesign pointing upward with the fan shape center line being the SweetLine 4 or downward with the fan shape center line being the Sweet Line 4Also shown is Round Base 81. In addition Sweet Line Peak 34, also knownas Hump, is shown together with Eyealigner 59, also known as TargetLine.

FIG. 16, illustrates a conventional iron 67 shown in dotted lines and aniron with a curved base 81. Shown on the iron with curved base 81 is aSweet Line Peak 34. Also shown is Sweet Line 4 as it would appear onboth the conventional iron 67 and the iron with curved base 81.

FIG. 17, illustrates an iron with the Center Grip Shaft 42 aligned topoint of contact for a ball resting on the ground at Ground Sweet Spot10, which is the Sweet Line Centerset 48′. The Sweet Line Centerset ishaving the shaft and grip center line align with a specific point on theSweet Line when the clubhead face surface is viewed form the toe of theclubhead. In FIG. 17 the specific point is the Ground Sweet Spot. Thehosel can be positioned in order that the alignment takes place for anyspot on the Sweet Line. The alignment forms a plane that includes theShaft Center Line, the point selected on the Sweet Line and thehorizontal line on the clubhead face surface that runs thru the pointselected on the Sweet Line. Forward Press is when the Shaft Center Lineis tilted off the vertical toward the intended direction of travel ofthe ball.

FIGS. 18, 19 and 20 illustrate the steps to create a new and improvedgolf club for use with a golf ball, regardless of whether the golf ballis imbedded in the ground, partially imbedded in the ground, resting onthe ground, resting on a tee, or any position within the range of beingimbedded in the ground to resting on a tee. The first step requires agolf club having a shaft, a grip and a head, said head having a topsurface, face surface, and bottom base surface, said golf club having acenter of mass for the combined shaft, grip and head. The golf club headtop surface has markings indicating golf club to golf ball alignment forthe intended direction of the golf ball. In addition the golf club headface surface has markings indicating ideal contact points for impactwith the golf ball regardless of whether the golf ball is imbedded inthe ground, partially imbedded in the ground, resting on the ground,resting on a tee, or any position within the range of being imbedded inthe ground to resting on a tee. The position of the golf club head topsurface markings and golf club head face surface markings are determinedby the following method:

a.) first, prepare a level working surface being a level platform with ahole therein, the level platform being of sufficient size to accommodatea complete golf club having a shaft, the shaft having a center line,grip and head, the golf club grip having a top end, the golf club headhaving a top surface, face surface, and bottom base surface;

b.) next, obtain a Sweet Line Locator 77, said Sweet Line Locator havinga donut shaped stabilizer base member said stabilizer base member havinga flat bottom surface, a top surface, a continuous opening of uniformdiameter running from the flat bottom surface to the top surface andwith a frictional devise positioned at the top surface at the continuousopening of uniform diameter, said Sweet Line Locator further having arigid rod of sufficient diameter to engage frictionally within thecontinuous opening of uniform diameter and also being of sufficientlength to extend both above and below the stabilizer base member saidrigid rod having an upward end and a downward end and a center line;

c.) next, place the Sweet Line Locator 77 on the level platform with therigid rod extending both downward thru the hole in the level platformand upward above the top surface of the stabilizer base member;

d.) next, place golf club with grip top end on level platform and golfclub head face surface on upward end of the rigid rod;

e.) next, adjust the position of the rigid rod in order that the golfclub head face is parallel to the level platform;

f.) next, adjust the point of contact of the golf club face surface andrigid rod until the golf club balances and mark the balance point ofcontact on the golf club face surface;

g.) next, repeat the previous step at least one more time to obtain atleast one more balance point of contact;

h.) next, remove the golf club from the rigid rod, connect the points toform a line, referred to earlier as the Sweet Line, or series of pointsextending diagonally across the golf club face surface;

i.) next, position the golf club in the position of intended use, saidposition of intended use being that position when the shaft center lineis at a predetermined angle with the ground, and transpose the desiredimpact point golf ball heights, said desired impact point golf ballheights including but not limited to one for a ball resting on theground, and one for a ball resting on a tee, onto the golf club facesurface using lines or series of points that are parallel to the desiredground surface;

j.) next, mark the intersections of the diagonal line, Sweet Line, orpoints with the parallel lines or points, two of which have beenreferred to earlier as the Ground Sweet Spot and Tee Sweet Spot;

k.) next, obtain a sheet of lie angle paper 82, as shown in FIG. 18,said lie angle paper being rectangular with a base corner forming ninetydegrees and with lines radiating therefrom at a plurality of markedangles with the smallest being zero degrees and the largest being ninetydegrees;

l.) next, place the lie angle paper with the base corner over the holein the level platform;

m.) next, place sweet line locator on the level platform with the centerline and downward end of the rigid rod making contact with the basecorner of the lie angle paper;

n.) next, with the golf club head face surface again placed on theupward end of the rigid rod, and as before adjust the rigid rod in orderfor the face surface to be parallel to the level platform, position therigid rod at the intersection of the diagonal line, Sweet Line, with thehorizontal line that represents the desired impact point golf ballheight marked on the golf club head face surface for a ball resting onthe ground, the Ground Sweet Spot. As shown in FIG. 19, radially adjustthe center line of the shaft to be at the angle that is the degreesindicated on the lie angle paper that corresponds to the position ofintended use, lie angle, for the golf club involved, the golf club facesurface being kept in contact with the upward end of the rigid rod,

o.) next, as shown in FIG. 20, further radially adjust the center lineof the shaft to be at the angle that is the degrees indicated on the lieangle paper that corresponds to the position of intended use increasedby a parallax angle adjustment, said parallax angle adjustment being apredetermined angle dependent on the golf club and player, the golf clubface surface being kept in contact with the upward end of the rigid rod;

p.) next, using a level that indicates a true vertical position thelevel at the ninety degree line on the lie angle paper and place againstthe golf club top surface, mark the club top surface with a lineindicating the Ground Target Line being in the desired direction ofmovement of the golf ball;

q.) next, repeat steps n. o. and p. with the rigid rod positioned at theintersection of the diagonal line and the horizontal line for a ballresting on a tee indicating the Tee Target Line; and

r.) finally, fill in the area on the golf club top surface between thelines with color that contrasts to the remaining golf club top surface,referred as top identification Target Line.

As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, it is also possible to determine thelocation of multiple sweet spots and Target Line on a golf club byperforming the preceding steps, and the following additional steps:

s.) next, obtain an instrument 89, as shown in FIG. 23, that reads theangle of slope above the horizontal, place the instrument aligned withthe golf club shaft centerline with the golf club in the position ofintended use;

t.) next, increase the angle of the golf club shaft centerline an amountequal to the parallax correction;

u.) next, place the level against the golf club face surface at theintersection of the golf club face surface and the line on the topsurface for a ball resting on the ground and draw a line on the facesurface of the golf club, referred to as the Ground Target Line;

v.) next, place the level against the golf club face surface at theintersection of the golf club face surface and the line on the topsurface for a ball resting on a tee and draw a line on the face surfaceof the golf club, referred to as the Tee Target Line; and

w.) finally, fill in the area on the golf club face surface between thelines with color that contrasts to the remaining golf club face surface,referred as Target Line.

As a variation to the foregoing it is possible to have the contrastingcolor on the golf club top surface extend a predetermined distancebeyond the two lines on the golf club top surface.

A further variation would be to have the contrasting color on the golfclub top surface extend a predetermined distance beyond one of the twolines on the golf club top surface.

An additional variation would be to have the contrasting color on thegolf club face surface extend a predetermined distance beyond the twolines on the golf club face surface.

A yet further variation would be to have the contrasting color on thegolf club face surface extend a predetermined distance beyond one of thetwo lines on the golf club face surface.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that modificationscan be made to the apparatus without departing from the teaching of thepresent invention. Accordingly, it is distinctly understood that theinvention is not limited to the preferred embodiment but may be embodiedand practiced within the scope of the following claims.

I claim the following:
 1. New and improved golf club for use with a golfball, regardless of whether the golf ball is imbedded in the ground,partially imbedded in the ground, resting on the ground, resting on atee, or any position within the range of being imbedded in the ground toresting on a tee, comprising: a.) A golf club having a shaft, a grip anda head, said head having a top surface, face surface, and curved bottombase surface, said golf club having a center of mass for the combinedshaft, grip and head; b.) said golf club head top surface havingmarkings indicating golf club to golf ball alignment for the intendeddirection of the golf ball; and c.) said golf club head face surfacehaving markings indicating a plane which a club is balanced about whensaid club head face surface faces down, said markings extendingdiagonally across said face when said curved bottom base surface isresting on the ground with the golf club in position of intended use,indicating ideal contact points for impact with the golf ball regardlessof whether the golf ball is imbedded in the ground, partially imbeddedin the ground, resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or any positionwithin the range of being imbedded in the ground to resting on a tee. 2.New and improved golf club for use with a golf ball, regardless ofwhether the golf ball is imbedded in the ground, partially imbedded inthe ground, resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or any positionwithin the range of being imbedded in the ground to resting on a tee, asdescribed in claim 1 further comprising: a. where the markings on theface surface are grooves.
 3. New and improved golf club for use with agolf ball, regardless of whether the golf ball is imbedded in theground, partially imbedded in the ground, resting on the ground, restingon a tee, or any position within the range of being imbedded in theground to resting on a tee, as described in claim 1 further comprising:a. where the face surface has an area that is curved and raised, saidcurved and raised area follows the diagonal markings.
 4. New andimproved golf club for use with a golf ball, regardless of whether thegolf ball is imbedded in the ground, partially imbedded in the ground,resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or any position within therange of being imbedded in the ground to resting on a tee, as describedin claim 1 further comprising: a. where the face surface has an areathat is curved and raised, said curved and raised area is perpendicularto the diagonal markings.
 5. New and improved golf club for use with agolf ball, regardless of whether the golf ball is imbedded in theground, partially imbedded in the ground, resting on the ground, restingon a tee, or any position within the range of being imbedded in theground to resting on a tee, as described in claim 1 further comprising:a. where the top surface has an area that is curved and raised, saidcurved and raised area follows the markings indicating golf club to golfball alignment for the intended direction of the golf ball.
 6. New andimproved golf club for use with a golf ball, regardless of whether thegolf ball is imbedded in the ground, partially imbedded in the ground,resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or any position within therange of being imbedded in the ground to resting on a tee, as describedin claim 1 further comprising: a. where the shaft and grip have a centerline said shaft and grip center line being aligned with a specific pointon the diagonal line on the face surface when the clubhead face surfaceis viewed from the toe of the clubhead.
 7. New and improved golf clubfor use with a golf ball, regardless of whether the golf ball isimbedded in the ground, partially imbedded in the ground, resting on theground, resting on a tee, or any position within the range of beingimbedded in the ground to resting on a tee, as described in claim 1further comprising: a. where the shaft and grip have a center line saidshaft and grip center line being aligned with a specific point on thediagonal line.
 8. New and improved golf club for use with a golf ball,regardless of whether the golf ball is imbedded in the ground, partiallyimbedded in the ground, resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or anyposition within the range of being imbedded in the ground to resting ona tee, comprising: a.) A golf club having a shaft, a grip and a head,said head having a top surface, face surface, and bottom base surface,said golf club having a center of mass for the combined shaft, grip andhead; b.) said golf club head top surface having markings indicatinggolf club to golf ball alignment for the intended direction of the golfball; c.) and said golf club head face surface having markingsindicating ideal contact points for impact with the golf ball regardlessof whether the golf ball is imbedded in the ground, partially imbeddedin the ground, resting on the ground, resting on a tee, or any positionwithin the range of being imbedded in the ground to resting on a tee;and d.) the position of said golf club head top surface markings andgolf club head face surface markings being determined as follows: i.)prepare a level working surface being a level platform with a holetherein said level platform being of sufficient size to accommodate acomplete golf club having a shaft, said shaft having a center line, gripand head, said golf club grip having a top end, said golf club headhaving a top surface, face surface, and bottom base surface; ii.) obtaina sweet line locator, said sweet line locator having a donut shapedstabilizer base member said stabilizer base member having a flat bottomsurface, a top surface, a continuous opening of uniform diameter runningfrom the flat bottom surface to the top surface and with a frictionaldevise positioned at the top surface at the continuous opening ofuniform diameter, said sweet line locator further having a rigid rod ofsufficient diameter to engage frictionally within the continuous openingof uniform diameter and also being of sufficient length to extend bothabove and below the stabilizer base member said rigid rod having anupward end and a downward end; iii.) place the sweet line locator on thelevel platform with the rigid rod extending both downward thru the holein the level platform and upward above the top surface of the stabilizerbase member; iv.) place golf club with grip top end on level platformand golf club head face surface on upward end of the rigid rod; v.)adjust the position of the rigid rod in order that the golf club headface is parallel to the level platform; vi.) adjust the point of contactof the golf club face surface and rigid rod until the golf club balancesand mark the balance point of contact on the golf club face surface;vii.) repeat the previous step at least one more time to obtain at leastone more balance point of contact; viii.) remove the golf club from therigid rod, connect the points to form a line or series of pointsextending diagonally across the golf club face surface; ix.) positionthe golf club in the position of intended use, said position of intendeduse being that position when the shaft center line is at a predeterminedangle with the ground, and transpose the desired impact point golf ballheights, said desired impact point golf ball heights including but notlimited to one for a ball resting on the ground and one for a ballresting on a tee, onto the golf club face surface using lines or seriesof points that are parallel to the desired ground surface; x.) mark theintersections of the diagonal line or points with the parallel lines orpoints; xi.) obtain a sheet of lie angle paper, said lie angle paperbeing rectangular with a base corner forming ninety degrees and withlines radiating therefrom at a plurality of marked angles with thesmallest being zero degrees and the largest being ninety degrees; xii.)place the lie angle paper with the base corner over the hole in thelevel platform; xiii.) place sweet line locator on the level platformwith the downward end of the rigid rod making contact with the basecorner of the lie angle paper; xiv.) with the golf club head facesurface again placed on the upward end of the rigid rod, with facesurface parallel to the level platform, position the rigid rod at theintersection of the diagonal line with the horizontal line thatrepresents the desired point golf ball height for a ball resting on theground, radially adjust the center line of the shaft to be at the anglethat is the degrees indicated on the lie angle paper that corresponds tothe position of intended use for the golf club involved; xv.) furtherradially adjust the center line of the shaft to be at the angle that isthe degrees indicated on the lie angle paper that corresponds to theposition of intended use increased by a parallax angle adjustment, saidparallax angle adjustment being a predetermined angle dependent on thegolf club and player; xvi.) using a level that indicates a true verticalposition the level at the ninety degree line on the lie angle paper andplace against the golf club top surface, mark the club top surface witha line indicating the target line being in the desired direction ofmovement of the golf ball; xvii.) repeat steps xiv, xv, and xvi with therigid rod positioned at the intersection of the diagonal line and thehorizontal line for a ball resting on a tee; and xviii.) fill in thearea on the golf club top surface between the lines with color thatcontrasts to the remaining golf club top surface.
 9. New and improvedmethod for determining the location of multiple sweet spots and targetline on a golf club comprising the steps of: a.) Prepare a level workingsurface being a level platform with a hole therein said level platformbeing of sufficient size to accommodate a complete golf club having ashaft, said shaft having a center line, grip and head, said golf clubgrip having a top end, said golf club head having a top surface, facesurface, and bottom base surface; b.) obtain a sweet line locator, saidsweet line locator having a donut shaped stabilizer base member saidstabilizer base member having a flat bottom surface, a top surface, acontinuous opening of uniform diameter running from the flat bottomsurface to the top surface and with a frictional devise positioned atthe top surface at the continuous opening of uniform diameter, saidsweet line locator further having a rigid rod of sufficient diameter toengage frictionally within the continuous opening of uniform diameterand also being of sufficient length to extend both above and below thestabilizer base member said rigid rod having an upward end and adownward end; c.) place the sweet line locator on the level platformwith the rigid rod extending both downward thru the hole in the levelplatform and upward above the top surface of the stabilizer base member;d.) place golf club with grip top end on level platform and golf clubhead face surface on upward end of the rigid rod; e.) adjust theposition of the rigid rod in order that the golf club head face isparallel to the level platform; f.) adjust the point of contact of thegolf club face surface and rigid rod until the golf club balances andmark the balance point of contact on the golf club face surface; g.)repeat the previous step at least one more time to obtain at least onemore balance point of contact; h.) remove the golf club from the rigidrod, connect the points to form a line or series of points extendingdiagonally across the golf club face surface; i.) position the golf clubin the position of intended use, said position of intended use beingthat position when the shaft center line is at a predetermined anglewith the ground, and transpose the desired impact point golf ballheights, said desired impact point golf ball heights including but notlimited to one for a ball resting on the ground and one for a ballresting on a tee, onto the golf club face surface using lines or seriesof points that are parallel to the desired ground surface; j.) mark theintersections of the diagonal line or points with the parallel lines orpoints; k.) obtain a sheet of lie angle paper, said lie angle paperbeing rectangular with a base corner forming ninety degrees and withlines radiating therefrom at a plurality of marked angles with thesmallest being zero degrees and the largest being ninety degrees; l.)place the lie angle paper with the base corner over the hole in thelevel platform, m.) place sweet line locator on the level platform withthe downward end of the rigid rod making contact with the base corner ofthe lie angle paper; n.) with the golf club head face surface againplaced on the upward end of the rigid rod, with face surface parallel tothe level platform, position the rigid rod at the intersection of thediagonal line with the horizontal line that represents the desiredimpact point golf ball height marked on the golf club head face surfacefor a ball resting on the ground, radially adjust the center line of theshaft to be at the angle that is the degrees indicated on the lie anglepaper that corresponds to the position of intended use for the golf clubinvolved; o.) further radially adjust the center line of the shaft to beat the angle that is the degrees indicated on the lie angle paper thatcorresponds to the position of intended use increased by a parallaxangle adjustment, said parallax angle adjustment being a predeterminedangle dependent on the golf club and player; p.) using a level thatindicates a true vertical position the level at the ninety degree lineon the lie angle paper and place against the golf club top surface, markthe club top surface with a line indicating the target line being in thedesired direction of movement of the golf ball; q.) repeat steps n, o,and p with the rigid rod positioned at the intersection of the diagonalline and the horizontal line for a ball resting on a tee; and r.) fillin the area on the golf club top surface between the lines with colorthat contrasts to the remaining golf club top surface.
 10. New andimproved method for determining the location of multiple sweet spots andtarget line on a golf club comprising the steps of as claimed in claim 9where the contrasting color on the golf club top surface extends apredetermined distance beyond the two lines on the golf club topsurface.
 11. New and improved method for determining the location ofmultiple sweet spots and target line on a golf club comprising the stepsof as claimed in claim 9 where the contrasting color on the golf clubtop surface extends a predetermined distance beyond one of the two lineson the golf club top surface.
 12. New and improved method fordetermining the location of multiple sweet spots and target line on agolf club comprising the steps of as claimed in claim 9, and thefollowing additional step: s.) obtain an instrument, that reads theangle of slope above the horizontal, place the instrument aligned withthe golf club shaft centerline with the golf club in the position ofintended use; t.) increase the angle of the golf club shaft centerlinean amount equal to the parallax correction; u.) place the level againstthe golf club face surface at the intersection of the golf club facesurface and the line on the top surface for a ball resting on the groundand draw a line on the face surface of the golf club; v.) place thelevel against the golf club face surface at the intersection of the golfclub face surface and the line on the top surface for a ball resting ona tee and draw a line on the face surface of the golf club; and w.) fillin the area on the golf club face surface between the lines with colorthat contrasts to the remaining golf club face surface.
 13. New andimproved method for determining the location of multiple sweet spots andtarget line on a golf club comprising the steps of as claimed in claim12 where the contrasting color on the golf club face surface extends apredetermined distance beyond the two lines on the golf club facesurface.
 14. New and improved method for determining the location ofmultiple sweet spots and target line on a golf club comprising the stepsof as claimed in claim 12 where the contrasting color on the golf clubface surface extends a predetermined distance beyond one of the twolines on the golf club face surface.